Here's How To Store Olives Fresh For Months!

Olives freshly picked from the tree do not keep for long!

After a few days (5 maximum), they turn and all become wrinkled ...

Fortunately, there is an effective trick to storing both green and black olives for months!

Just soak them in vinegar water, before putting them in brine. Thanks to this trick, you can keep them for 1 year!

here is how to keep olives fresh for months. Look :

Here's How To Store Olives Fresh For Months!

What you need

- 100 g of salt for 1 liter of water

- fresh olives

- white vinegar

- aromatics (bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, coriander ...) according to your taste

- a hammer

- a salad bowl

- a saucepan

- jars

- a towel

- baking paper

How to do

1. Line a flat surface with parchment paper.

2. Spread the olives on top and cover them with a clean cloth.

3. With the hammer, tap the olives to break them.

4. Pour a mixture of water and vinegar (half and half) into the bowl.

5. Put the olives in and let them soak for one to two weeks.

6. Every two days, empty the vinegar water and renew it.

7. After 2 weeks, rinse the olives thoroughly and dry them with a tea towel.

8. In a saucepan, pour 1 liter of water.

9. Add 100 g of salt.

10. Bring to the boil and add the aromatics.

11. Let the mixture cool.

12. Meanwhile, divide the olives among the jars.

13. Pour the salt-saturated water mixture up to 1 cm from the edge.

14. Close the jars carefully and leave for three months.

15. Your fresh olives are ready to be tasted!

Results

The recipe for homemade olives in brine

There you go, now you know how to keep olives fresh for months :-)

Thanks to this method of conservation, you will be able to keep your beautiful olives without wasting!

Once you have opened your jar of olives, eat them within a month of opening and keep the jar open in the fridge.

All you have to do is enjoy your olives as an aperitif, after having rinsed them in cold water.

You can also use them to make a pizza, a tapenade, a tagine, an olive cake, a salad or a chicken with olives.

With this recipe, you know exactly what's in your olives. What good things!

Not like those bought in supermarkets ... which are sometimes fake black olives!

Additional advice

- Do not forget to soak your olives in vinegar water and to change the water every 2 days. Make sure that they are well covered by the mixture of water and vinegar. It is this step that removes the bitterness from the green olives. This trick helps to de-bitter green olives without soda, they are far too bitter to eat.

- You can also just soak them in water and renew the water every day for 2 weeks.

- If you have a lot of olives, you may need 2 or 3 liters of water to make the brine. In this case, you must also multiply the amount of salt by 2 or 3.

- You can customize your recipe by adding garlic in the brine to make garlic olives, fennel seeds to make Provencal green olives, chilli to make spicy marinated olives Spanish, or Moroccan style with lemon.

- Do not throw away the olive preservation liquid! Take just the number of olives you need for your recipe and keep the liquid in a safe place until the jar is empty. It is thanks to this liquid that you can preserve your olives with all their flavors.

- When taking olives from the jar, remember to use a clean spoon that has not been used before so as not to contaminate the liquid in the jar. Otherwise your olives will keep for a shorter time!

Why does it work?

Brine is an ancient technique for preserving food longer.

What is brine? It's just water mixed with a lot of salt.

The salt allows the olives to be dehydrated, to keep them longer.

Because it is the water contained in food that promotes the development of mold and rot and damages them.

And we have known for hundreds of years that salt preserves food, whatever it is, by limiting the development of bacteria and yeasts.

How to store olives bought at the market?

Black and green olives kept in the fridge in bowls

Of course, not everyone has olive trees in their garden!

And luckily, you can buy delicious olives in the market.

The problem is, it's so appetizing that you tend to buy too much!

But no problem ! Just put them in the fridge to keep them for a month.

Preservation in olive oil

You can replace the brine with olive oil.

As with the brine, you must start by soaking the olives for 2 weeks in vinegar water which is renewed every 2 days.

Then we rinse, drain and dry the olives.

Then, we put them in a jar with the herbs and cover them with a good olive oil.

After having carefully closed the jar, it is stored for 2 to 3 months in the dark before tasting the olives.

This recipe is perfect for making black olives Greek style.

More info

Green olives or black olives? Are you wondering what the difference is?

It's just the harvest time that differs. Depending on the variety, the olive harvest takes place from September to January.

The olives are green at first, but if they are not harvested right away, they turn black. It is veraison.

Your turn...

Have you tried this recipe for preserving your homemade olives? Tell us in the comments if you liked it. We can't wait to hear from you!

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Also to discover:

How to Store Green or Black Olives?

The Ham-Olives Cake, a very economical dish.


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